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J. CARPENTER. Butter-Package.

' No. 223,478. Patented Jan. 1-3, 1880.

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UNITED STATES JAMES CARPENTER, OF

PATENT OFFICE.

NEW HOPE, NEW YORK.

BUTTER-PACKAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 223,478, dated January 13, 1880.

i i Application filed December 4, 1879.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES CARPENTER, of New Hope, in the county of Cayuga, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Butter-Packages, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to an improved con struction of a package designed for transportation of butter and other analogous substances requiring .hermetic and compact inclosure and a firm support in the same.

The invention is fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a vertical section ofm y improved butter-package when closed. Fig. 2 is a plan view of same, and Fig. 3 is a vertical section, showing the component parts of the package in position preparatory to closing the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A denotes the outer cylindrical wooden case of the package, provided with an air-tight bottom, a smooth horizontal top edge, and properly banded by hoops h h. g

B is the vessel or tubin which the butter is to be packed. The said tub is usually com posed of sheet metal, and made tapering from the top toward the bottom, and of a height less than that of the interior of the wooden case, so as to form an air-space around the sides and bottom of the inner tub, B. The top of the said tub is formed with an outwardliaring rim or flange, 1), which, at its junction with the body of the tub, rests on the inner edge of the top of the wooden case A, and has its outer edge projecting upward from same, as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. To the base of the inner side of the case A are se cured Wedgeshaped blocks a, tapering from the bottom upward and bearing against the periphery of the bottom of the inner tub, B.

C is the wooden coverof the package, formed oftwo thicknesses, fastened together with the grain of the wood of one thickness transverse to that of the other. The bottom thickness of the cover is made of a circumference to allow it to enter the top of the tub B, and the top portion projects over the edge of the former and forms a seat for the cover.

In applying the cover to the package, the projecting portion of the cover presses on the outer edge of the top rim of the tub B and forces the tub down into the case A until it becomes tightly wedged between the blocks a, when further pressure on the cover causes the flexible rim 1) of the tub to spring down upon the top edge of the case A and form a perfectly air-tight joint therewith. The cover thus applied is then secured in its position by bands or straps s s, which are inserted underneath the top hoop, h, and at one end hooked onto the top thereof, and at the opposite end bent around the outside of the said hoop and over onto the top of the cover C, to which they are ,fastened by screws 0. The flexible rim b of the tub Byields and compensates for the swelling'and shrinking of the cover, and thus maintains a perfect air-tight joint around the cover.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

and upwardly flaring top rim, 1), in combina tion with the case A, having a smooth horizontal top edge and provided with the bands 8 sand the cover 0, substantially as described and shown. 8o

2. The combination of the case A, provided with wedge-shaped blocks a, the tub B, havin g tapering vertical sides and a flexible outwardly and upwardly flaring top rim, 1), and the cover C, bearing on the outer edge of said rim and held thereon by the bands .9 3, sub.- stantially in the manner described and shown, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name and. affixed my seal, in the presence of two attesting witnesses, at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, this 2d day of December, 1879.

JAMES CARPENTER.

Witnesses E. LAASS, JOHN MORGAN.

1. The tub B, having the flexible outwardly 75 

